Canada's Commissioner of Competition to End Term Sooner Than Planned

By Robb M. Stewart

The head of Canada's competition regulator will step down early, handing the reins to a deputy who will become acting commissioner later this month.

Competition Bureau Commissioner Matthew Boswell said he will end his term Dec. 17 for personal reasons, sooner that the end-February date his role was due to conclude.

Jeanne Pratt, senior deputy commissioner of the regulator's mergers and monopolistic practices branch, will become the acting commissioner from Dec. 18 until a further announcement from the government of Canada is made regarding the position.

Boswell described Pratt as one of the most-experienced competition practitioners in the country.

Under Canada's Competition Act, the commissioner of competition is appointed by the governor general, acting on the advice of cabinet.

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(END) Dow Jones Newswires

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